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September 5, 2014 

2010: What We Learned For many small and mid-sized businesses, including professional tax and accounting firms, the year 2010 continued with the hard economic conditions felt during 2009. While some indicators now suggest that the economy is starting to recover, many of these businesses and organizations are still waiting for tangible relief. There are still...…

September 5, 2014 

800-950-1216 ria.thomsonreuters.com Checkpoint is a research product for accounting and tax practitioners that includes reference sources in areas such as U.S. Federal, state, and local taxation; accounting, auditing and corporate finance; estate planning; international taxation; as well as ancillary topics such as payroll, pensions and employee benefits. The product also includes user-configurable news alerts for...…

Brian Tankersley

September 5, 2014 

6636 800-966-7797 www.moneysoft.com Fixed Asset Pro is an asset management and depreciation calculation system designed for use either in-house by organizations or for accounting professionals managing the asset tax strategies of multiple entities. The program offers capabilities for managing multiple books per asset, data import and export to common files and formats, and user customization...…

September 5, 2014 

Column: Real Clients, Real Stories From the December 2010 Issue It wasn’t supposed to be this clear. Our prospect was a healthcare provider, and in the past companies like this always bought their business management systems and paid VARs like us to install it on their server, set it up and train them how to...…

Lisa Kianof

September 5, 2014 

6404 888-455-0183; www.atxinc.com 888-455-0182; www.taxwise.com Offered by CCH Small Firm Services, the ATX and TaxWise brands of professional tax and accounting programs both offer a fixed asset management system that can be used as a stand-alone program that provides integration into the tax system. While the programs are separate applications, they offer the same general...…

September 5, 2014 

5771 800-368-2405 www.sagefas.com Sage North America offers several asset management systems for commercial, governmental, educational and nonprofit organizations in the United States and Canada, with support for GAAP and IFRS accounting standards. The core program for business entities is Sage FAS 100 Asset Accounting, which is built on Sybase database and can be used as...…

September 5, 2014 

800-968-8900 CS.ThomsonReuters.com Fixed Assets CS is designed for professional accountants managing the asset depreciation functions for multiple client entities. The program, which can be used as a stand-alone system or integrated into the CS Professional Suite of tax and accounting applications, provides comprehensive depreciation, projection, inventory and reporting capabilities, with automated calculations, asset departmentalization and...…

September 5, 2014 

6935 800-224-1260 www.redmoonsolutions.com blog.redmoonsolutions.com Red Moon Solutions offers several corporate tax and asset management applications, with the Fixed Assets Manager (FAM) system offering fixed asset tracking, depreciation, compliance, planning and reporting capabilities. The program can manage any number of individual or interrelated organizations, and supports all asset types and classes. It also provides comprehensive tools...…

September 5, 2014 

5926 888-967-8411 www.worthitfixedassets.com The WorthIT Fixed Assets system provides asset management and depreciation reporting and projections, in compliance with GAAP and IFRS standards. The program, which is designed to replace spreadsheets and complex systems, also offers powerful capital budgeting and business management tools, allowing users to maintain supervision of fiscal processes, and provides direct integration...…

September 5, 2014 

6277 800-934-1040 www.proseries.com/fam The ProSeries Fixed Asset Manager is offered as an add-on module to the ProSeries professional tax compliance system, or can be used as a stand-alone program, providing multi-book depreciation schedules, planning and forms compliance for fixed assets. The system includes support for all common methods, as well as options for creating custom...…

September 5, 2014 

6944 800-424-2938 www.bnasoftware.com BNA Software offers an array of professional programs for income tax planning, tax analysis, wealth management, estate and gift tax planning and compliance, and sales and use tax. BNA Fixed Assets Solutions is designed for in-house and public tax and accounting professionals, providing automated asset management, inventory and tracking functions, with comprehensive...…

September 5, 2014 

Column: Successful Small Business Consulting From the Dec. 2010 Issue For years now, I have been evangelizing the opportunities out there for Value Added Resellers (VARs) in the SMB market. But there is a big difference between a true “VAR” and an accountant/consultant who starts acting as a reseller or sales agent for software solutions....…

Doug Sleeter